Overview
- TIME's 2026 list, released Wednesday, features Johnson with a personal tribute written by Taylor Swift.
- Swift praises Johnson's "refreshing honesty," empathy, and curiosity, even joking that she seems like someone who "just can't lie."
- Johnson's shift into producing gets emphasis, with Swift citing her creation of TeaTime Pictures and her drive to take bolder risks.
- Swift points to recent on-screen choices like Splitsville and Materialists to illustrate Johnson's interest in complex relationships and storytelling.
- The tribute also confirms a long, mostly private friendship dating back years, with outlets noting earlier links such as Swift's 2017 Fifty Shades song with Zayn Malik.